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Welcome to Bits and Bytes, a television program about computers, or rather about microcomputers — the small, personal ones that are selling like hot cakes nowadays. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. The show consisted of 12 episodes and featured many of the classic 80s microcomputers including the Apple ][, Commodore PET, VIC 20 and 64, Atari 800, TRS-80, TI 99 and the IBM PC....
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Over the last 11 episodes, we've presented all the basic information about microcomputers that the experts have prepared for us. Armed with this information, we should now know enough about computers to be able to start thinking seriously about some of the questions what that they raise. And that's what our final program is all about — where is this all going? what are the implications for the future? what next? Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983....
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Welcome to Bits and Bytes, a television program about computers, or rather about microcomputers — the small, personal ones that are selling like hot cakes nowadays. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. The show consisted of 12 episodes and featured many of the classic 80s microcomputers including the Apple ][, Commodore PET, VIC 20 and 64, Atari 800, TRS-80, TI 99 and the IBM PC....
Topics: bits and bytes, getting started, bits and bytes v2
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This episode of Bits and Bytes is about how to use the computer to make pictures. Not just pictures for the artist, but pictures that can be useful for business people, scientists or teachers. We'll also look into the meaning of terms such as high- and low-resolution, and find out what a pixel is, and what the difference is between a TV set and a computer monitor. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van...
Topics: bits and bytes, computer graphics, bits and bytes v2
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to see how the computer not only lets you play music, but play with music in all sorts of new ways — and you don't need to be musical to do this. If you have a bad ear for music, the computer can help train your ear; if you can't read music, the computer can help you to learn. Or if you like, it can create a new way of representing musical notes. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy...
Topics: bits and bytes, computer music
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This episode of Bits and Bytes is about how to use the computer to make pictures. Not just pictures for the artist, but pictures that can be useful for business people, scientists or teachers. We'll also look into the meaning of terms such as high- and low-resolution, and find out what a pixel is, and what the difference is between a TV set and a computer monitor. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van...
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to see computer games and computer simulations can be used in education. We'll analyse what the elements of a good game are and we'll see how these are really the same elements that go to make a good lesson. We'll also explore the meanings of the word analogue and digital, and what that mysterious phrase 'booting DOS' means. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and...
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes we're going to look at the microcomputer in the work place, where the two most wide spread applications are word processing programs and the VisiCalc-type of program, the electronic spreadsheet. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bits_and_bytes. Also note that this series is no longer available...
Topics: bits and bytes, computers at work, bits and bytes v2
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to look at various types of computer languages — first the languages we speak when we program the computer, programming languages, and then the language that the computer itself speaks, machine language. After that, we'll see how programming languages are translated into machine language by a means of interpreter or compile. We're also going to examine Logo, a computer language especially designed for children. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian...
Topics: bits and bytes, computer languages
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to see how the computer not only lets you play music, but play with music in all sorts of new ways — and you don't need to be musical to do this. If you have a bad ear for music, the computer can help train your ear; if you can't read music, the computer can help you to learn. Or if you like, it can create a new way of representing musical notes. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy...
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This episode of Bits and Bytes is about using the computer to help teach things — what's called Computer Assisted Instruction, or CAI for short. To understand what CAI is all about, we're going to go on an excursion into two related fields: programmed instruction and Artificial Intelligence. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see...
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Over the last 11 episodes, we've presented all the basic information about microcomputers that the experts have prepared for us. Armed with this information, we should now know enough about computers to be able to start thinking seriously about some of the questions what that they raise. And that's what our final program is all about — where is this all going? what are the implications for the future? what next? Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983....
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to see computer games and computer simulations can be used in education. We'll analyse what the elements of a good game are and we'll see how these are really the same elements that go to make a good lesson. We'll also explore the meanings of the word analogue and digital, and what that mysterious phrase 'booting DOS' means. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and...
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to analyse what a computer program is, what its basic elements are, we're going to also look at the basic elements of the computer itself, and see how these tie in with programming. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bits_and_bytes. Also note that this series is no longer available...
Topics: bits and bytes, how programs works
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to find out how you can hook up your microcomputer to other small computers so that you can become part of a little electronic network in your own neighbourhood. We'll also show you how to tap the information contained in huge computers that may be thousands of miles away. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see...
Topics: bits and bytes, comunication between computers
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to see how to save programs on cassette or disk, and also how to use the computer to keep track of things — to organise, sort and manipulate information in various ways. In other words, we're going to see how the computer can provide you with a very efficient filing system. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see...
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to give you an idea of the range of ready-made programs that you can get for the computer. We'll also look into the question of the computer's speed, and what ROM and RAM mean. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bits_and_bytes. Also note that this series is no longer available for...
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to look at various types of computer languages — first the languages we speak when we program the computer, programming languages, and then the language that the computer itself speaks, machine language. After that, we'll see how programming languages are translated into machine language by a means of interpreter or compile. We're also going to examine Logo, a computer language especially designed for children. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian...
Topics: bits and bytes, computer languages, bits and bytes v2
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to analyse what a computer program is, what its basic elements are, we're going to also look at the basic elements of the computer itself, and see how these tie in with programming. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bits_and_bytes. Also note that this series is no longer available...
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes we're going to look at the microcomputer in the work place, where the two most wide spread applications are word processing programs and the VisiCalc-type of program, the electronic spreadsheet. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bits_and_bytes. Also note that this series is no longer available...
Topics: bits and bytes, computers at work
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to give you an idea of the range of ready-made programs that you can get for the computer. We'll also look into the question of the computer's speed, and what ROM and RAM mean. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bits_and_bytes. Also note that this series is no longer available for...
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to find out how you can hook up your microcomputer to other small computers so that you can become part of a little electronic network in your own neighbourhood. We'll also show you how to tap the information contained in huge computers that may be thousands of miles away. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see...
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This episode of Bits and Bytes is about using the computer to help teach things — what's called Computer Assisted Instruction, or CAI for short. To understand what CAI is all about, we're going to go on an excursion into two related fields: programmed instruction and Artificial Intelligence. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see...
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Heineman learned programming at age 16 and gained fame in 1980 as the first National Space Invaders Champion with a score of 165,200. Her career soon blossomed with credits in over 250 games including classics such as Tass Times in Tonetown , Dragon Wars , Crystal Quest , The Bard’s Tale III: The Thief of Fate , Battle Chess, and Wolfenstein 3D . She developed numerous titles for the Apple IIgs, other contemporary platforms such as the Macintosh and Super Nintendo, and modern platforms such...
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In this episode of Bits and Bytes, we're going to see how to save programs on cassette or disk, and also how to use the computer to keep track of things — to organise, sort and manipulate information in various ways. In other words, we're going to see how the computer can provide you with a very efficient filing system. Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student. For more information, see...
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